今天(2003.03.19)中國時報的社論是:

人道考量下的「疫情包機」

這篇社論一開頭就說:

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就在全世界為香港所傳出的「非典型性肺炎」而進入全面戒備
狀態之際，立法委員要求政府擴大開放小三通，以使返台旅客
避開港澳疫區，減少被傳染的機率。陸委會主委蔡英文則表示
，將與相關部會協商，並與港澳當局協調，使搭乘「一機到底」
的旅客可以不必下機。我們認為，此一政策是固然有突破當前兩
岸直航僵局的意味，但站在保護國人健康與避免疫情擴散至台灣
的立場，無疑是值得鼓勵的。
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所以為了台商的健康要避開香港,所以要搞包機直航!

HENRYHSU看了真是要罵道:

在中國時報眼裡,台灣人真是比螞蟻還不如!!
在中國時報眼裡,台灣人真是死不完!!

大家都曉得,真正的SARS病源區,和最大的SARS疫區就是中國!!
最近SARS病例很多傳自香港,只不過因為很多病人出入中國
以香港為中繼站而已,香港因為被英國帝國主義者統治過
不能搞新聞封鎖,新聞才爆發開來,中國因為在中國人的統治下
記者大爺雖然已經吃著報社發下來的草藥還是要昧著良心說
中國沒有SARS疫情!!美國兩家大報華盛頓郵報和華爾街日報已經
開始公開用社論抨擊中國隱瞞疫情導致疫情在世界漫延
!中國時報還甘心當中國的劊子手,對中國的SARS疫情隻字不提,幫中國
隱瞞SARS疫情,要台灣人去中國送死!!!!

台灣要控制SARS傳染,第一個要取締的就是<中國時報>!!!
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在中國時報登廣告的廠商!

現在在看TVBS報導，
發現統媒報導SARS疫情，
總是說全球染病人數多少多少員，但是總是不報中國疫情總人數，
這種變相的掩蓋事實，令人覺得可惡。

The promises came from Chinas Health Ministry, according to members of a World Health Organization team visiting Beijing this week to investigate mainland cases and their link in the global spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS.

Singapore, meanwhile, said it has nearly doubled the number of people under quarantine to 1,514 on Friday from 861 on Wednesday. Authorities added hundreds of hospital workers to the list of those ordered to stay in their homes for 10 days, Minister of State for Health Dr. Balaji Sadavisan said.

Taiwan approved tougher measures to fight the spread of SARS, and the islands president on Friday called for a concerted effort to battle the malady.

The first SARS cases were detected in November in southern China. People have been infected in more than a dozen countries on three continents since then.

Worries intensified that the illness was spreading through air travelers after the Geneva-based WHO said people exposed to the disease should be barred from planes.

China has come under criticism for its sluggish public response to SARS, which has caused at least 54 deaths world-wide -- mostly in China -- and sickened more than 1,400 people.

The WHO team leader, John Mackenzie, said he still isnt sure how many people in China had been sickened with SARS. We dont know. We certainly asked the Chinese authorities for this information, Mr. Mackenzie said. We think they dont know.

In mainland China, the WHO said 806 cases had been reported by Wednesday night, 34 of them fatal. That figure includes 792 cases in the southern province of Guangdong, 10 cases in Beijing and four in Taiyuan, a city in the northern province of Shanxi.

Despite criticism of Chinas response and apparent reluctance to share information, the WHO has praised the governments cooperation in recent days. Mackenzie said officials in the southern province of Guangdong were diligent in noticing the disease quite early given how common pneumonia is in late winter in China.

To see something new is really very difficult. By the time they realized it was something new, the epidemic was well on its way, Mr. Mackenzie said at a news conference. They did recognize it earlier than others might have because of some very good epidemiological work.

The provincial updates were something WHO officials had been hoping for. Chinas regions often use data that differ from that of the central government, which could lead to confusion in reporting cases. They will be full, frank numbers on a regular basis, Mr. Mackenzie said.

Mr. Mackenzie wouldnt say whether he would recommend that people avoid traveling to Guangdong province -- an area near Hong Kong that is brimming with foreign investment and business and has been the wellspring of Chinas economic reform. We dont know enough to give a really good answer, he said.

In Shanghai, which made a point Wednesday of saying it had no cases, officials denied reports that four had surfaced. Up to this moment, Shanghai has not even a single case of SARS, said an official at the directors office of the Shanghai Health Bureau.

The Taiwan government formally declared SARS a contagious disease late Thursday night. The designation gives authorities the legal power to enforce a quarantine of people suspected of contracting it. Taiwan has 10 cases of SARS.

Health Department Director Twu Shing-jer said Taiwans new measure was necessary to contain the disease because each day 10,000 Taiwanese travel to and from China, Hong Kong and Macau. Foreigners arriving in Taiwan will be asked to fill out a form about their health and details about the places they have visited in the past two weeks, Mr. Twu said.

Taiwans capital, Taipei, declared a full medical alert Thursday, ordering all medical staff in hospitals to wear surgical masks at all times.

So far, Taipei officials have found more than 200 people who have been in close contact with patients suspected of having SARS, said Chiu Shu-ti, head of the citys health department. The people have been confined to their homes, and health officials are delivering meals to them, she said.

In a rare display of political solidarity, lawmakers from Taiwans three major parties joined Friday to urge the WHO to work with Taiwanese officials to stop the spread of SARS.

The WHO hasnt been cooperating with Taiwanese officials because the island isnt a member of the United Nations. China has blocked Taiwans numerous attempts to join the organization, arguing that the self-ruled island is part of Chinese territory.